It is for the hermits of society to indulge in personal dislikings,--for men who have never been active and never mean to be active.

I had been telling Mr.Kennedy how much I thought of you,--as a good Liberal." "And I came in and spoilt it all." "Yes, you did.

You knocked down my little house, and I must build it all up again." "Don't trouble yourself, Lady Laura." "I shall.

It will be a great deal of trouble,--a great deal, indeed; but I shall take it.

I mean you to be very intimate with Mr.Kennedy, and to shoot his grouse, and to stalk his deer, and to help to keep him in progress as a liberal member of Parliament.